Glentzer leads Jay tankers at state meet

INDIANAPOLIS — Four tankers made their way to the state meet and one clawed his way onto the podium.

Cooper Glentzer had the top performance for the Jay County Winter Swim team at the state meet at Natitorium on the campus of Indiana University Indianapolis over the weekend.

Glentzer swam in the maximum of six events. His best race was the 100-yard butterfly, in which he swam a 55.14 second time to earn sixth in the 13-14-year-old age group. 

Glentzer also secured a top-10 finish in the 1,000 freestyle, placing 10th in 10 minutes, 56.26 seconds. He also made the finals in the 500 freestyle and 50 freestyle. Glentzer finished 11th (4:59.69) in the former and 15th (23.55) in the latter.

Glentzer didn’t make it out of the preliminaries in the 1,650 freestyle or 200 butterfly, finishing 15th and 22nd, respectively.

Competing in the same age group, Grady Wavel’s top finish came in the 100 butterfly. He placed 28th with a time of 59.03. He also placed 26th in the 200 butterfly preliminary.

Carsyn Guggenbiller matched Glentzer by swimming six events in the 10-and-younger age group. Her top performance came in the 100 backstroke, finishing 17th in 1:17.05. She finished just one spot back in the 50 breaststroke by completing the race in 40.95 seconds.

Guggenbiller also had top-20 performances in the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley. She finished 20th in each event with times of 2:28.34 and 2:47.30, respectively. She also placed 21st in the 50 freestyle and 22nd in the 100 butterfly.

Addisyn Champ’s day ended in the 11-12-year-old prelims, as a career-best 28.50 second time earned her 54th in the 50 freestyle.